Joarib
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Joarib . The head of the priestly family from which the Maccabees were descended ( Malachi 2:1 Malachi 2:1; 1Ma 14:29 ). Acc. to 1 Chronicles 24:7 this family, there called that of Jehoiarib , was the first of the twenty-four courses of priests.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
jō´a - rib ( Ἰωαρίβ , Iōarı̄b ; the King James Version Jarib ): Ancestor of Mattathias ( 1 Maccabees 14:29 ), given as "Joarib" in the King James Version of 1 Maccabees 2:1; he was chief of the first of the 24 courses of priests in the reign of David. Varieties of the name are Jarib, Joarib, and Jehoiarib ( 1 Chronicles 24:7 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Ι᾿Ωαρίβ v.r. Ι᾿Ωαρείμ ), a Graecized form ( 1 Maccabees 2:1) of the name of the priest JEHOIARIB ( 1 Chronicles 24:7).
